Duke Nukem 3D
by 3D Realms (Apogee Software) Duke Nukem 3D is set on Earth “around the early 21st century”. In the levels of Duke Nukem 3D take the player outdoors and indoors through rendered street scenes, military bases, deserts, a flooded city, space stations, moon bases and a Japanese restaurant. Download Duke Nukem 3D...
Read MoreJellyfish
By Eldon D Martin (1993) JellyFish is a simplistic arcade game that seems like it could have been released for the Atari 2600 back in day. The gameplay involves dodging seaweed while collecting bubbles and coins for points. It is very simple and the graphics are very plain but still a interesting game. Download Jellyfish...
Read MoreJasper’s Journeys
By Joseph and John White (1997) Jasper’s Journeys is a good looking jumping game, with great sound effects and animation. You play an elf-like creature, and you jump around, collect items, etc. It’s very well done. The jumping and movement is somewhat ‘floaty’, but you’ll quickly get used to it and overall the game is quite enjoyable to play and it runs very...
Read MoreIslands of Danger
By Carr Software (1996) A unique and interesting ASCII text-mode game where the object is to destroy all of the missile launchers on each island. The missile launchers fire seemingly smart missiles at you that you must dodge or destroy. The game features a smoothly scrolling playing field, its game play is fairly fast-paced and the game is quite enjoyable to play. Download Islands of...
Read MoreIsle Wars
By Soleau Software (1994) In this strategy style game your goal is to take over the world! It’s similar to the classic game Risk, but adds some new elements like natural disasters. There’s quite a lot of thinking and planning required to be successful. Plus you can play against computer opponents … luckily you can adjust the difficulty level! It may not have the greatest...
Read MoreInsanity
By Wizard Games (1990) This game is ‘a game to A-MAZE, astound and drive you completely insane’. Insanity is an ASCII-based maze game, where you must find your way through the maze while collecting items, avoiding enemies, picking up clues, and doing lots of other stuff. Its a weird little game but if you’re into old DOS games this is a unique and interesting one to play. (You...
Read MoreHurl
By Millenium Media Group (1995) This is a 3D shooter you’ve probably never played before. It uses an engine similar to the one used by early 3D games like Wolfenstein 3D or Ken’s Layrinth. It includes weird SB sound effects and some rather wacky graphics … you’ll have to download it and see it for yourself whether you enjoy this somewhat strange game! Download...
Read MoreHubie
By Serendipity Software (1996) Hubie is not a well known game, but it probably should be. The game involves action, platforming and puzzle elements. The goal is to get Hubie to the exit of the level. Hubie has many abilities, such as pushing objects, crushing breakable objects, ‘coptering’, blowing and climbing. There’s a good variety to the various levels but since Hubie has...
Read MoreHorrorscopes
By Colin Gagnon (1995) Horrorscopes simply predicts ridiculous events that ‘will’ happen based on your astrological sign. A neat toy, with pretty poor graphics worth looking at tho. Download Horrorscopes
Read MoreHero’s Heart
By Everett Kaser (1994) Hero’s Heart is a traditional pushing, block moving puzzle game. The object varies from level to level, but usually consists of collecting all of the hearts on the level and getting to the green exit. There are lots of similar games out there (graphics are minimalist, sound is nonexistent) but if you enjoy this type of game, get ready for lots of difficult...
Read MoreHera – Sword of Rhin
By Retsel Enterprises (1995) Hera is an old-school overhead RPG that is very similar to the original Ultima games. Using a simple system of keyboard commands you control your character, you are on some kind of quest … probably involving the Sword of Rhin. The graphics are definitely old-school style, and there’s no doubt that someone with a love for classic RPGs and a lot of patience...
Read MoreHeavy Water Jogger
By Viable Software Alternatives (1992) This game is odd. The premise is that you have a limited amount of time (30 minutes) to reach the control room of the nuclear reactor. The gameplay is strange. It involves avoiding multiple pits of water, and occasionally robot guards. You can jump (only while running) and pick up items (once in awhile, out of grates on the ground). It’s unique,...
Read MoreHeartlight PC
By Epic MegaGames (1993) If you enjoy pushing-puzzle games, you will probably enjoy Heartlight. It is indeed light-hearted puzzle fare from Epic Megagames (one of their earlier games). The graphics are okay for a puzzle game (VGA), and there seems to be a good number of different levels to try. (Note: You have to run SETUP.EXE before you can play. Also, if the game seems to run very slowly, try...
Read MoreGobman
By Filipe Mateus (1994) Gobman is one of many Pacman clones that is available on the DOS platform. Gobman features many different game board layouts (unlike the original Pacman game which only has one layout). There are also new items that you can pickup to help you collect the dots and avoid the ghosts. The difficulty level in this game is not as intense as in some other Pacman clones I’ve...
Read MoreGemworld
By William O. Cain (1995) It sorta looks and plays like the original Zelda for the NES. I say sorta because it’s very simplistic in nature, and probably won’t hold your interest for very long … however, the zipfile is so small (22k!), it’s probably worth downloading anyways. Download Gemworld
Read MoreGateworld
By Homebrew Software (1995) GateWorld has undoubtedly been largely influenced by the original sidescrolling Duke Nukem games, which is not a bad thing. GateWorld’s graphics, sounds and overall gameplay have the feel of an early Apogee game. Unfortunately this game is not as polished as Apogee’s offerings, as there are some gameplay quirks (limited ammo, camera that doesn’t show...
Read MoreGalactix
By Cygnus Software(????) This game may not be very complicated but it IS fun to play. The game was the first attempt by Cygnus Software (now ‘Mountain King Studios’) to develop a shareware game. They later went on to develop the awesome game ‘Raptor: Call of the Shadows’. This game plays similarly, but is more simple in scope. The graphics, sound, and gameplay are,...
Read MoreG Stones 3
By William D. Rinehart (1996) A mostly average Arkanoid clone. It has fairly good graphics, but the general lack of powerup items (they do appear, but much too infrequently) make the game less exciting than it could have been. Other than that, it’s a very playable remake of the classic Breakout-style game. Download G Stones...
Read MoreFuzzy’s World of Minature Space Golf
By Pixel Painters (1995) This miniature golf game is quite fun to play, and its obvious that a lot of time and effort was poured into the game’s presentation and overall look. Great graphics and sound effects compliment the simple yet entertaining gameplay. Definitely a keeper even though the shareware version is limited, and of course the game’s author, Pixel Painters, is long gone...
Read MoreFunny Face
By Z-Ware Inc (1992) Not really a game, this is more an entertainment program from kids where they can build their own ‘funny face’ out of various parts (eyes, noses, ears, etc). It has no educational value (‘Yay!’ say the kids) but it seems that kids could potentially play with and enjoy for quite awhile. The graphics (CGA) are quite dated, but I doubt most kids young...
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